Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Port Andrew (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Port Andrew. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Port Andrew ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Port Andrew: Prt. Andrew
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Port Andrew is located in Richland County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Richland County: Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Sauk & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Port Andrew. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Port Andrew:
- Richland County (The home county of Port Andrew)
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Andrew, with the one closest to Port Andrew listed first.
- Westport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Balmoral
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Balmoral is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmoral
- Boaz
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Boaz is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Richland Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Sextonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sextonville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
- Sabin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sabin is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Aubrey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Gillingham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Ithaca
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ithaca is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Lone Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lone Rock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Neptune
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Bear Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bear Valley is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Woodstock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Woodstock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Andrew, with the one closest to Port Andrew listed first.
- Boydtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Bell Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Petersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Steuben
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Gays Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Soldiers Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Wauzeka
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wauzeka is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauzeka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Mount Sterling
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Towerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Eastman
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Eastman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Rising Sun
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Ferryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ferryville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Bridgeport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Andrew, with the one closest to Port Andrew listed first.
- Blue River
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Muscoda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Muscoda is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
- Boscobel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boscobel is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
- Woodman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Fennimore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Preston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Preston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Werley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Werley is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werley
- Montfort
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Montfort is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Mount Ida
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- Stitzer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Annaton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Millville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Millville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Livingston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Livingston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Andrew, with the one closest to Port Andrew listed first.
- Avoca
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Highland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Cobb
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Edmund
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Linden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Linden is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Rewey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Helena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Pleasant Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Dodgeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Hyde
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Mineral Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Andrew, with the one closest to Port Andrew listed first.
- Sandusky
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sandusky is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Spring Green
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Plain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Plain is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
- Lime Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Andrew, with the one closest to Port Andrew listed first.
- Readstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Liberty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- La Farge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Liberty Pole
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- Fargo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fargo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- White City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- White City is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Viroqua
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Viroqua is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viroqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,394 people
- West Prairie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Prairie is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Prairie
- Retreat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Retreat is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Allamakee County (IA)
- Harpers Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Port Andrew, see our County-by-County Page for Port Andrew.
Cemeteries Near Port Andrew ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Port Andrew.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Port Andrew - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Port Andrew covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Port Andrew, with the one closest to Port Andrew listed first.
- Greenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Coumbe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Blue River Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sand Prairie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Newburn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Haskins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southwest of Boaz.
- The Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Maple Ridge Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2350091 <3>
- Beulah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Basswood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Fork Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (217 more) ...
- Pipal Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Port Andrew in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Port Andrew.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Port Andrew, with the one closest to Port Andrew listed first.
- Blue River
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Byrds Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Byrds Creek is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrds Creek
- Westport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Excelsior
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Excelsior is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
- Balmoral
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Balmoral is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmoral
- Basswood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Basswood is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood
- Muscoda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Muscoda is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
- Five Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Orion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Orion is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Boscobel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boscobel is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
- Homer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Homer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Boaz
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Boaz is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Avoca
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Richland Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Mill Creek ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mill Creek is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Port Andrew. See our List of 1890's Communities around Port Andrew.
Newspapers Published in Port Andrew ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 153 newspapers that have been published in the area around Port Andrew.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Port Andrew, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Port Andrew.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Port Andrew:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Richland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Grant County
- Iowa County
- Sauk County
- Vernon County
- Allamakee County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Port Andrew) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Port Andrew, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |